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Exalt Exalted Position Means Hold High Praise Time

英语单词 exalt
英美音标 英 [ɪɡ'zɔːlt] 美 [ɪɡ'zɔːlt]
中文释义 v.赞扬;提升;加强
英语例句 (1) All the people of whom you and I are the rag-tag and bobtail, all the camp followers of western civilization, we have taken it for granted that even if we did not live up to those exalted ethical standards, we did a great deal better than anyone else.
(2) He was exalted to the position of general manager.
中文例句 (1) 我们所有的人,包括你和我这样的下层平民,以及所有西方文明的依附者都认为,即使我们尚未达到那些崇高的道德标准,我们也还是是比别的任何人都干得好得多。
(2) 他被提升到总经理的职位。
vocabulary简明 You might like your manager, but if you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like royalty.
vocabulary扩展 To exalt is to hold or raise someone up to a high position or status. It doesn't have to mean literally putting that person into a high position, but instead treating them almost like nobility. Overly doting parents exalt their infant to the point where they praise him every time he wets his diaper and call the neighbors over every time he coos.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]颂扬;赞扬 To exalt someone or something means to praise them very highly.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • However difficult she might have been, this book exalts her as both mother and muse...

    尽管她可能很难相处,这本书还是对她给予了高度赞扬,称她既是母亲又是诗人。

  • His work exalts all those virtues that we, as Americans, are taught to hold dear.

    他的作品颂扬了所有那些身为美国人应该珍视的美德。

exaltation
  • The poem, which appeared in 1890, is an exaltation of married love.

    写于1890年的这首诗是对婚姻爱情的高度颂扬。

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